Sketchbook
1874-1875 (made)
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Sketchbook containing a sketch design for a coffee table and studies of costume from manuscripts in the British Museum; with drawings of 14th and 15th century Spanish embroideries and a Russian lamp; sketches of the monument to Bishop Coke in Hereford Cathedral, a portrait of Mrs Melluson and various unidentified sitters. 56 pages (some torn, others missing) of metallic surfaced paper, thread-stitched in paper boards.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Metal-point and water-colour on paper |
| Brief description | Sketchbook containing a design for a coffee table, costume studies, sketches for a monument to Bishop Coke in Hereford Cathedral and drawings of Spanish embroideries etc. Metal-point and water-colour drawings by Edward William Godwin, 1874-1875. |
| Physical description | Sketchbook containing a sketch design for a coffee table and studies of costume from manuscripts in the British Museum; with drawings of 14th and 15th century Spanish embroideries and a Russian lamp; sketches of the monument to Bishop Coke in Hereford Cathedral, a portrait of Mrs Melluson and various unidentified sitters. 56 pages (some torn, others missing) of metallic surfaced paper, thread-stitched in paper boards. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr Edward Godwin, son of the artist |
| Object history | The coffee table is now in the possession of the City Art Gallery, Bristol, A photograph of it is reproduced as Pl.18 in the Small Picture Book Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Arts, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1952. |
| Historical context | The coffee table illustrated in this sketchbook was made by William Watt, 1874; the costume studies were probably used for John Coleman's production of Shakespeare's 'Henry V', first performed at the Queen's Theatre, London 16 September 1876; the Spanish embroideries and Russian lamp, which are also illustrated in the sketchbook, are in the Victoria and Albert Museum. |
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| Literary reference | Henry V |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
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| Accession number | E.239-1963 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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